This simple romantic tragedy begins in 1957. Guy Foucher, a 20-year-old French auto mechanic, has fallen in love with 17-year-old Geneviève Emery, an employee in her widowed mother's chic but financially embattled umbrella shop. On the evening before Guy is to leave for a two-year tour of combat in Algeria, he and Geneviève make love. She becomes pregnant and must choose between waiting for Guy's return or accepting an offer of marriage from a wealthy diamond merchant.
Keywords:
Car mechanic
Letter
Normandy, france
Musical
Single
Umbrella
1950s
1960s
Somber
Cherbourg, france
Earnest
Movie tag line: "A film for all the young lovers of the world."
Character: Geneviève Emery
Character: Guy
Character: Madame Emery
Character: Tante Élise
Character: Roland Cassard